Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about menarche of adolescent girls in Anand district, Gujarat;Connaissances, attitudes et croyances concernant la menstruation chez des adolescentes dans le district d'Anand au Gujarat

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 428-433

  Tiwari, Hemant ^a   Oza, U N ^a   Tiwari, R ^b  

^a Municipal Medical College   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEACHER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS MEDIA; MENARCHE; NEGATIVISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TABOO;

EID: 33749523013     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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